I am an adjunct professor for Law 115 at DigiPen Institute of Technology. I have awesome students and get some pretty interesting guest speakers to join in the discussion as well. My course materials are available in PDF form below…

Fall 2012

• Lecture 1: Course Overview
• Lecture 2:  Legal System  Overview
• Lecture 3: IP Overview
• Lecture 4: Copyright (subject matter, exclusive rights)
• Lecture 5: Copyright (duration, infringement, limitations, fair use)
• Lecture 6: Copyright (more fair use, DMCA)
• Lecture 7: Copyright (in-class exercise)
• Lecture 8: Trademarks (subject matter, registration, strong/weak marks)
• Lecture 9: Trademarks (the spectrum of distinctiveness, infringement claims)
• Lecture 10: Trademarks (dilution, trade dress, defenses)
• Lecture 11: Trademarks (in-class exercise)
• Lecture 12: Patents (subject matter, novelty, non-obviousness)
• Lecture 13: Patents (infringement, defense, patent trolls)
• Lecture 14: Rights of Publicity (guest lecture)
• Lecture 15: Rights of Publicity (recap and contracts preview)
• Lecture 16: Trade Secrets
• Lecture 17: Open Source Software (guest lecture)
• Lecture 18: Contracts
• Lecture 19: Business Entities and Employment
• Lecture 20: Creative Commons (guest lecture)
• Lecture 21:  Review Session